PFL Dubai Post Show: Reaction to Usman Nurmagomedov and Paul Hughes Fight of the Year Contender

MMA Fighting

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🗓️ 25 January 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Did the PFL just have its coming out moment? On Saturday, Usman Nurmagomedov and Paul Hughes went to war for 25 minutes in the main event of PFL Road to Dubai Champion Series. Nurmagomedov eked out a majority decision win, but Hughes won the moral victory after giving the undefeated Dagestani all he could handle for 25 minutes, resulting in the current frontrunner for Fight of the Year In the immediate aftermath of such an incredible fight, MMA Fighting’s Jed Meshew and Casey Leydon hold an impromptu post-show, discussing the incredible main event, whether its the best fight in PFL history, if this is the sort of event that could get PFL to finally break through with the broader MMA fandom, and more. Follow Jed Meshew: @JedKMeshew Subscribe: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/u8VvLi Visit our playlists: http://goo.gl/eFhsvM Like MMAF on Facebook: http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/nOATUI Read More: http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Amazon One Medical presents painful thoughts.
0:04.8	I could catch anything sitting in this doctor's waiting room.
0:08.6	Oh, a kid just wiped his runny nose on my jacket.
0:11.6	And the guy next to me, sitting in a pool of perspiration, insists on sharing my armrest.
0:17.0	Ugh.
0:18.2	Next time, make an appointment with an Amazon One medical provider.
0:21.9	There's no waiting and no sweaty guy.
0:24.5	Amazon One Medical, health care just got less painful.
0:30.0	Amazon Pharmacy presents painful thoughts.
0:34.7	The guy in front of me in the pharmacy line is halfway through an incredibly detailed
0:41.3	17-minute story about his gout, a story likely more painful than the gout itself.
0:49.6	Next time, save yourself the pain and let Amazon Pharmacy deliver your meds right to your door.
0:55.4	Amazon Pharmacy, healthcare just got less painful.
1:01.0	You're listening to the Vox Media Podcast Network.
1:10.0	Yeah.
1:12.7	The victory horns.
1:15.4	Oh my goodness.
1:16.6	We never ever do this, ladies and gentlemen,
1:20.5	but the victory horns are sounding not for the UFC.
1:24.5	They are sounding for the BFL. Specifically, they are sounding for the BFL.
1:29.3	Specifically, they are sounding for Uswinder Magdalmedo who just, I don't know, like 20 minutes ago, maybe, continued his undefeated streak,
1:39.1	peeking out in majority decision win over Paul Hughes in the main event of PFL, Road to Dubai Champions
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